Beta Summit winner hopes victory will help them relocate part of the company to Texas

When Andrew Trickett wanted to bring the sales and marketing forces for Pawaa Software, a security firm from Bangalore, India, to San Antonio, Texas, he thought that making a presentation to the San Antonio Innotech Beta Summit was a good starting point.

It was a good choice.

Judges for the second Beta Summit picked Pawaa, a Data Leak Protection software and file security company, as the top firm during competition held at the third Innotech trade show, held at the Norris Conference Center. Six other companies competed with Pawaa for the title.

“Pawaa is that classic company with a well engineered product,” Tricket, who serves on the company’s board of advisors, said. “Now, it needs capital to set up a sales and marketing team.”

During the presentation, Trickett gave the example of two sales reps who had access to a company’s sales data. When one decides to leave the company to work for a competitor, the software allows a company to deny him or her from further access. And, when a company updates a new pricing strategy, the software can easily update the data.

Trickett said he hoped that local venture capitalists will realize how his firm will bring an influx of positions and jobs to San Antonio.

I am hoping that our city’s economic development leadership recognizes the value of bringing the firm to San Antonio. We need more of these kinds of firms in south Texas.

Hopefully, the impetus from the Innotech Beta Summit will help them with the recognition to relocate.